Appszoom’s list of the most popular Android applications

Clash of Clans in a real-time multiplayer environment.
Clash Royale takes Clash of Clans to a new level with a real-time multiplayer experience. You will be dueling people from around the globe as you collect and upgrade your armies and create imposing battle platforms to attack and defend on.
THE PROS
Clash Royale has great, well defined graphics….

Clash of Clans is a well-crafted online multiplayer management strategy game. Mobile platforms have widely increased the opportunities on game development. Concerning the resource-management strategy genre, Clash of Clans is one of the most innovative and awesome games you can currently find on the Appstore. Let's zoom in!
At first sight, Clash of….

Instagram is the largest photo sharing social network. [UPDATE 06/21/2013] Instagram now features video sharing. Thanks to this brand new feature, users can record a 15-seconds max. video, apply filters and frames to it and then post it on their timeline. In addition, it comes with video stabilization feature that guarantees high-quality results.
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Clean Master is a comprehensive cleaner app for Android. "Comprehensive" since it's an all-in-one cleaning app: it allows to clear cache, unused files, app packages and history. Thus, Clean Master is way more than a simple task killer. It's KSMobile solution to keep your device at its highest performance.
There are fan and critics of task killers.….

Whatsapp is a cross-platform instant messaging app.
WhatsApp is the largest instant messaging app for mobile devices. It was acquired by Facebook for an insulting amount of money and its users base keeps growing everyday at a frantic pace. A communication tool is worth as long as most of the people agree on using it, and that's precisely the added….

Keep your phone safe by protecting it regularly. CM Security - Free Antivirus is a security application for Android that helps to keep your phone healthy.
The app will detect any kind of virus, malware, adware or spyware installed in your device and help you fix all of it. How does it work? Simply click the central button and watch how the scan pro….

The official Facebook app for Android. Facebook for Android is the best way to stay connected with your friends in the largest social network. Almost any of the available actions on the web can be performed right from the app. Share status updates, chat with your friends, check out your News Feed, review your upcoming Events, check-in to Places to….

A cut above the other fantasy games..
Dream League Soccer 2016 allows you to recruit and build your own dream soccer franchise. You control everything from uniforms to formations.
THE PROS
You get to play this game with actual superstars, so it is cool to see them on the screen. Plus, the visuals actually look like the people. The game is also fai….

Use the Facebook Messenger for your phone in an easier way. The days when we basically communicated by calling or sending messages are long gone. What'sApp has changed that and another important ingredient has been Facebook Messenger, which has made easier to keep contact with out friends without paying anything.
It's perfectly possible to use the….

Run fast, jump, slide, collect coins and have a great time. In Subway Surfers, the goal is to help Jake, Tricky and Fresh escape from the evil inspector and his dog and get as far as possible in the game, trying to get a high score.
This is an exciting action game with amazing graphics and it's not possible to get bored with it: you must be alert a….

A combination of garden-building and puzzle.
Homescapes is very similar to the other game of Playrix company: Gardenscapes. However, this game brings you a totally different history because it's a combination of garden-building and puzzle. One section of the game is about the home renovation that let you make progress the story, introduces new cha….

Pokemon’s first true mobile app brings incredibly unique gameplay that will get you up and moving to catch 'em all.
A dream-team collaboration between Google Maps, Niantec, and Nintendo brings the extremely popular Pokemon franchise to your iOS and Android devices. Pokemon GO will have you popping out your cell phone to track and catch Pokemon fav….

How To Successfully Protect Your Mobile Phone From Threats And Virus.
If your device just isn't running like it did in the good ol' unboxing days, then you should think about picking up an all-in-one cleaning-boosting-scanning app like 360 Security. You're in good hands with these guys especially; 360 Security is a trustworthy antivirus and cleane….

Play the piano on your phone's screen.
Would you love to play the piano but don't have a clue what you're doing? Piano Tiles 2 will have you tinkling those ivories, as you follow the black tile pattern and play along to famous songs. The design could be better, but the game mechanic and the series of challenges will keep you hooked.
THE PROS
The g….

Combine candy and get a high score in every level. Candy Crush Saga is a popular game that you probably know because someone from your Facebook is addicted to it and it's always sending invitations and other stuff.
The popular puzzle is also available for mobile devices and the objective, as you might already know, is to combine and match three sim….

Organize your photos and look through them..
Photos is the new official Google app that lets you save and organize all the photos you take on your mobile, plus make a back-up copy of all your images. Its design is understated and smart, making browsing through the collections smooth and easy. Your photos are listed by date by default.
You can, of….

After a little bit of a learning curve, this game becomes quite fun..
In Traffic Rider, you take on this POV driving game and race against your competitors to have the best career of all.
THE PROS
One of the first things you will notice is that the sounds and visuals from this app are quite realistic. The sounds in particular stand out, and the de….

The cutest cat ever is locked in the Android market. Go and free him!. Let Tom Cat be your first virtual pet. You can caress him, poke him, play with him and even talk to him!
Tom will repeat anything you say with his funny voice. You may record your own videos of Tom's performances and share it on Facebook and Youtube, send it by e-mail/MMS or sav….

A challenging arcade where you only need to tap the screen. Birds and Pixels, a match made in heaven. At least, the number of downloads and all the talk about it say so.
Flappy Bird is a retro-inspired arcade where your objective will be to earn the four available medals. How to play? Tap the screen to jump and avoid getting hit by pipes, a task wh….

Spotify is the official Android app of the well-known online streaming music service. Bear in mind that you only will be able to use Spotify if you have a Premium subscription.
Mobile version layout is quite similar to its desktop version. The way everything is set up won't be look weird to you. From the dashboard you can check out your inbox, libr….

Family friendly game that interacts and entertains children.
Join Talking Angela in Paris and lavish her with attention. You can buy her presents, dress her up, and chat with her whenever you want.
Angela not only responds to what you say, but she can recognize facial expressions too (with certain smart phones). It's super family friendly, but doe….

A handy booster and cleaner for Android devices with over 200 million users.
DU Speed Booster & Cleaner is an application for Android devices that helps to boost your device's performance by up to 60%. It does so by keeping your phone memory uncluttered by removing useless junk from its storage space.
DU Speed Booster & Cleaner comes with differen….

Level up through gorgeous Mortal Combat-esque ninja fighting. Its predecessor was massively popular on Facebook, and now Nekki's Shadow Fight 2 is a ninja-flavored swirl cone of RPG-style story/upgrades and classical side-view fighting. It's a well-designed, delectable visual treat for both the casual dabblers and the superfan experts.
You're a bod….

UC Browser is the mobile browser that will make you exclaiming WOW!. We've tried lots of browsers for Android and we've to admit that there are really good ones. However, first time we tried UC Browser we felt something different. It's like the others wouldn't have not fully grasped the essence of what a mobile browser should be. UC Browser did. Th….

When Google and YouTube joined many believed that they heralded a new era of Internet videos.. Although Youtube's app didn't start in the best possible way, Google's continuous efforts to enhance and improve it have made of it something essential and inseparable from our devices. Right now, Youtube app is a smooth and powerful engine to watch video….

Play online 8 Ball Pool games with your friends. Are you a pool master? Show it off! Miniclip's 8 Ball Pool allows users to play online turn-based 8 ball pool games. You can sign up via Facebook Connect or Miniclip ID. That'll give you access to web version of the game too. Start challenging your friends to beat your style.
8 Balll Pool features th….

A comprehensive and useful app for extending your battery life with more than 400 million users.
DU Battery Saver - Power Saver is a comprehensive and helpful app that, as its name suggests, seeks to optimize your phone's battery life to deliver a longer and improved user experience.
The app is used by more than 400 million people, and comes with….

Technically superb, this is the next best thing to actually being on the field..
Score! Hero puts you right on the soccer field and allows you to feel like you are really in the middle of the action. First Touch Games Ltd. put together a game that has a lot of advantages over other sports games.
THE PROS
As soon as you turn on the game, the visua….

Download all the copyleft and Creative Commons music you like. Simple Mp3 Downloader Pro is yet another client to browse large libraries of music that doesn't have a copyright. You should only use it to access copyleft and Creative Commons tracks, because do to otherwise wouldn't be legal. Every song also comes with an album art cover, so you'll ha….

Gardenscapes brings familiar, kid-friendly match-3 puzzle gameplay.
In Gardenscapes for the iOS and Android, you live in a large city with never-ending crowds and traffic. Then you receive a letter from your great-uncle’s butler. You go there, and you’ll find it’s in serious need of renovation. To earn stars to purchase new items, you’ll have to c….

The official Blackberry messaging app for Android and iOS. Here it is! The official BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) is now available for Android and iOs as well. However, if you're downloading it right now, there's a wait list given the large amount of success, so you might need to wait a while in order to use it.
BBM was very popular on BlackBerry phon….

Last Day on Earth provides gritty and gripping action.
When there are no governments, there are no rules. Welcome to Last Day on Earth, where you’ll take control of a zombie survivor. Throw into the aftermath of yet another zombie apocalypse, you’ll have to make do with what you can, finding clothes and gathering materials to craft a weapon. As in….

Experience a relaxing life with this app, learnt it all about harvest and animals. If you ever want to give up on your busy life and find a peaceful experience, Hay Day is the perfect app for it.
Harvest crops, build bakeries, sugar mills and diaries, everything by following the instructions of the scarecrow tutorial, which will quickly let you kno….

A heart-stopping shooter that will test your skills..
It's violent. It's brutal. It's a great game. Keep your kids away from it, but otherwise, this slick shooter will keep you engaged. And you won't just be running around shooting with this one. No, they've added puzzles as well. Not without its flaws, Sniper 3D Assassin puts you in the hot seat.….

Put yourself in a Minion's shoes and impress your evil boss. In this Despicable Me game, your objective as a minion is to complete many tasks in order to impress your boss, evil Gru! In a Temple Run/Subway Surfers style, you need to guide the minion along the way and help him dodge the obstacles and collect the various power-ups he will come across….

A nicely designed launcher which doesn't take up much space.
CM Launcher is, just as its name suggests, an effective launcher to make your device work better and faster. CM Launcher is well-designed, easy to use, and organizes all your apps into different folders based on their main categorgy (game, photo, communication, tool, etc).
By doing this,….

An extensive video editing app with lots of tools and features..
Viva video maker puts the power of video editing and customization in the palm of your hand. Whether your looking for creative lenses, interesting effects, or you just want to trim your video down, the Viva Video lets you do it all with ease.
THE PROS
There are a lot of customization….

A basic evasion game with snakes and other human players.
Slither.io is a multiplayer evasion game where you control a colorful snake and make it change directions based on your tap. The goal is to prevent it from crashing into other snakes. The player who makes it to the end is victorious, and can compose a message delivered to the group.
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A lightweight official Facebook app designed for older and lower-end devices.
Facebook Lite is a fully-functional official app for browsing the ever-present social network behemoth, designed specifically with lower-end and older devices in mind. It makes a ton of sense given the explosion of cheaper mobile devices internationally, and should effec….

8th edition of Gameloft's most popular franchise. I remember when I played Gameloft games on my Motorola V550. I remember when I first played Asphalt 5 on my first Android, and I'm amazed how can Gameloft staff improve every time their flagship racing game. Indeed, when the main flaw of Asphalt 7 was that it was too "Asphalt 6", this 8th edition ca….

Real time visual chat with stories that disappear.
Snapchat is enormously popular. It started as an instant messaging app where pics disappeared after a while, which made it perfect for teens. But then it became much more and now it has 150 million active users every day. You just need to create your account, follow some friends and start capturin….

Switch on the light, adjust the blinking frequency and there it goes. Brightest LED Flashlight is an application that turns your mobile into a flashlight using the LED light.
The app is really easy to use, you just need to switch the light on and off, adjust the blinking frequency by swiping the top bar and voilà: you have your own flashlight in yo….

Google's add-on to Play Store. Google Play Services isn't an app you shouldn't leave uninstalled. Since Google introduced it and stuffed it with multiple added services to developers and users alike, it has become more and more core to the Android OS.
In addition to all the features it invisibly offers plus all the features-to-be, Google Play Servi….

Clean up unwanted background processes quickly. Speed Booster - Phone Cleaner scans your device and shuts down unused background process that may be clogging its functioning. It takes just one tap of a button to set it on its merry cleaning way.
The app also collects stats on your memory and speed.
The design is honestly rather amateur - most apps….

Draw the path to form the correct words from the cookies you’re given.
Instead of worrying about cooking food to eat, or checking out new recipes, this time, you’re given words to form. In Word Cookies for the Android and iOS, you’re given a bowl of letters. You’re asked to form all of the possible words from the letter cookies you’re given. To fo….

Prevent the raccoon from spoiling the farm lands and enjoy the puzzle adventure. From the creators of the widely popular Candy Crush Saga, Farm Heroes Saga was firstly launched for Facebook and now it's coming to Android and iOS devices, ready to imitate the success.
Farm Heroes Saga follows the same gameplay as the sweet puzzle game: this time, yo….

A good looking launcher app with some nice extra features..
APUS is a decent launcher, with some nice features, but also some flaws. It has a boost function that clears RAM, which is nice, but it also doesn't let you customize the apps on your home screen.
THE PROS
APUS looks good, and has some nice features. It sorts all of your apps into folders….

Transfer content via phone, tablet, or PC..
No longer will you need to use Bluetooth to share files between devices, now that there are many tools and apps that use technology that's faster and more effective. SHAREit is one of them. It lets you send documents, photos, videos, contacts, and more, to other devices in barely a few seconds, and is ab….

Take care of Pou, feed him, play with him and make sure it's happy. Pou is an alien pet which you need to take care of: clean it, feed it and of course keep it entertained by playing with it whenever he needs. You will witness it grow as you advance through the different levels and you'll be able to customize it to your taste.
We particularly enjoy….

A battery usage management app.
Battery Doctor (Battery Saver) is a really useful and particularly effective app which will help you regulate the battery usage of your mobile. Battery doctor will let you know which apps are using your battery excessively, and by making some changes you'll be able to keep your mobile alive for longer. You also get….

This is the official Android app of the well-known language learning web platform. Duolingo is quite popular on the web. For a long time, thousands (millions?) of users have followed its method to improve their language skills. Now, the service is also available from mobile devices which is aimed to make even easier a daily routine for language lea….

An addictive war management game with well-crafted scenarios. Welcome to Boom Beach, a strategy management game where you're in war against the Blackguard.
Firstly, we'd recommend to follow the tutorial and get familiar with the app's surroundings and its features. Explore your land, build attacking towers and protect your land from the evil enemie….

Hill Climb Racing is a challenging casual game for Android. HCR is one of those devilishy difficult games you can spend hours, Indeed, it's as difficult that you can get stuck as soon as stage two unless you figure out why there isn't a clock nor a time bonus. This doesn't mean it's difficult to learn, because it only displays a brake and a gas but….

The most anticipated sequel of a mobile game is revamped - and sweet.
Angry Birds 2 by mobile giant Rovio is a sequel that meets the height of everyone's expectations. The core of its gameplay remains the same: load the slingshot and throw birds against the evil green pigs tucked away within glass and wood structures. However, almost everything ha….

Challenge your friends and collect all the category characters. Trivia Crack is a new and very popular game from the developers of successful apps like Angry Words. This is actually a Trivia game for all ages, an exciting way of having fun while putting your general knowledge into test.
First of all, you need to select the preferred language and yo….

Create new species and build a magical dragon city. Dragon City Mobile is a management game where you get to build a magical city for dragons while breeding them and hatching eggs to create new species. When the dragons are grown-up, you will also be able to combat against opponents from all over the world.
The application includes more than a hund….

Go Keyboard lets you personalize your keyboard..
This keyboard app not only gives you somewhere to type, it also gives you a way to personalize your phone and send tons of emojis to your friends.With over 10,000 themes and 60 different languages, this keyboard will not leave you wanting. It features auto correction and is compatible with Facebook,….

Allowing users with multiple accounts to sign into different mobile apps, Parallel Space is an absolute must-have.
Handling multiple accounts on a single mobile device can often be a pain, like two WhatsApp accounts, two Google sign-ins, and managing them can be worse or near impossible. That’s where Parallel Space – Multi Accounts comes in. This….

CSR Racing 2 gives you more of the sleek, street racing you loved from the first CSR.
It wasn’t until the Need for Speed: Underground series first came out that I fell completely in love with the street racing genre. The only problem was that there never was an equal in the mobile market, until the original CSR Racing came out. Now, following up t….

Viber is an instant messaging apps that supports text, voice and video calls. Viber is one of the pioneer and most successful cross-platform IM apps. Viber is mainly known for offering VoIP calls on mobile when only Skype and a few competitors were in that business.
Viber has evolved to become a rounded and reliable product. It supports all the bas….